Example sentences:This liquid flowing up his arm and out of the other was numen, the divine substance, the sacred spirit that lives in a certain place in the body and sustains us all.-- Jonathan Carroll, White Apples

He was now fairly confident that a shrine, unlike a temple, would contain no resident numen.-- Dave Duncan, Present Tense (Round Two of the Great Game)

Etymology: Numen is derived from the Latin word nūmen meaning "a nod, command, or divine will or power."

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....

it’s not a pleasant feeling. i was in bed by 2. came in a little late bc i couldn’t face the 4:45 am alarm. worst of all worlds, no sleep and a loss. they were just all soooo exhausted i don’t know how they were even physically upright on the ice. i think Ryan Callahan had like 51 minutes of ice time. That’s like being on the ice for an ENTIRE GAME. i had visions of the game NEVER ENDING.

I open the door that Barack keeps closed to his room and enter in a warm, private space pervaded by a mixture of smells that so strongly speak of his presence, his liveliness, his habits  running sweat, Brut spray deodorant, smoking, eating raisins, sleeping, breathing, Cook wrote.

OK, if this had been me, my journal entry would have looked something like this.....

“Can you freaking believe it? I tell Barry I love him, and he responds with ‘thank you’. Thank you? Like I just brought him a freaking cup of coffee or something? I feel so humiliated, baring my soul, and for what? A THANK YOU? I do not need this self-absorbed jackass! What am I? A glutton for punishment?”

Nope, she gets all philosophical about how deep and in a shell he is. I don’t buy it.

I’m a big Rangers fan and, while thrilled with the outcome, am equally exhausted. If this had been chess, instead of ice hockey, one coach could have offered to call it a draw at about midnioght; the other would have accepted.

I think Ryan Callahan must be twins, both wearing #24. One second #24 is behind the Caps’ goal, digging out the puck. The next second the other #24 is in front of the Rangers’ goal, sprawled out to block a shot. Terrific series, and happily lacking the Chris Neil inspired chippiness that marred the exciting first round with Otawa.

xshub pointed out to me that various players had blood all over their jerseys by the end of the night. I think it was Boyle who took a puck to the face but kept on ticking. the teams are so evenly matched, but the Rangers def seemed to have more OOMPH left by the end. my fave ranger is Torts. i love him, just get a huge kick out of his attitude.

oh and i meant to say that Bret Baier was there sitting just over from us, behind the goal. He was there before 7:30 which is pretty impressive considering he came directly from his show which ends at 7pm. Granted Fox is not far at all from the Verizon center, but i wonder where he parked. I don’t think he has a driver, because xsboy and i saw him pulling out of the garage once, Fox studios are up by Union Station and very near Gonzaga, when xsboy was still in HS. We took cellphone pix from our seats, but there were people going up and asking him for pix with him. he went at the first intermission and bought an Ovechkin jersey for himself and an OV tshirt for his wife. And he had a Miller lite : )

Win or lose, you certainly got your money's worth. In another 5 minutes and change, you would have sat through two complete games. The goaltending was borderline miraculous. The Caps were so dominant early that if the Rangers had a mortal in the net instead of King Henry, four or five goals could have been scored before the second period was half over. And the kid, Holtby, was also fabulous. Great, great game!

I had two buddies over to watch it on my 70" Sharp Aquos, which makes you feel like you're rinkside. One guy crapped out after one overtime, the other left after the second. Mrs. Truth, who is only an occasional fan, was riveted by the action and stayed up until the end. She even started echoing my screams of "Get the puck out of here!" when it seemed like the Caps were on a perpetual power play in the Rangers' end. I haven't seen her that excited since our wedding night ever.

George: "Let me ask you something. What do you do for a living, Numan?" Numen: "I'm a United States postal worker." George: "Aren't those the guys that always go crazy and come back with a gun and shoot everybody?" Numen: "Sometimes..." George: "Why is that?" Numen "Because the mail never stops. It just keeps coming and coming and coming, there's never a let-up. It's relentless. Every day it piles up more and more and more! And you gotta get it out but the more you get it out the more it keeps coming in. And then the bar code reader breaks and it's Publisher's Clearing House day!"

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